Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served aboard numerous ships

He served aboard numerous ships between his entry into the Royal Navy in 1881 and his transfer to the Royal Fleet Reserve in March 1904

– Soviet made screw back

1877 in Edinburgh

chipping evident in the white enamels on the left tip of the arm at seven o'clock on the reverse

the shield framed by a ribbon banner inscribed "CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS" (Spanish National Research Council)

Germany, Third Reich. An Order of the German Eagle, Silver Merit Medal with Swords, by the Vienna Mint consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac He served aboard numerous ships(Deutsche Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern in Silber). Instituted 1 May 1937. (1943 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by NSDAP style German national eagles clutching wreathed mobile swastikas, topped by a crossed sword clasp, the reverse bearing an inscription of DEUTSCHE VERDIENST